Kurt Masur, considered one of the last “ old-style maestros, ” was a famed German conductor who rebuilt the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and led Leipzig’s Gewandhaus. His musical prowess ...

On what would be his 91st birthday, Wednesday’s Google Doodle celebrates Kurt Masur, a legendary German conductor and music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic from 1991 to 2002.

Kurt Masur, a former music director of the New York Philharmonic, died Saturday from complications from Parkinson's disease at a hospital in Greenwich, Conn. His death was announced by the New ...

Kurt Masur, considered one of the last “ old-style maestros, ” was a famed German conductor who rebuilt the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and led Leipzig’s Gewandhaus. His musical prowess ...

Kurt Masur, music director of the New York Philharmonic, acknowledges applause following his final encore in his final concert at Avery Fischer Hall in New York, July 18, 2002.

Stefana Atlas, operations director of Masur Music International for the past two decades, acknowledges that Kurt is slowing down but also noted the power he still holds. “Even when he’s not conducting ...

Google has commemorated with its latest Doodle, Kurt Masur, renowned as a maestro conductor, on what would have been his 91st birthday. He was born in Brieg, in present-day Poland, in 1927 when it ...

The conductor was Kurt Masur. So it was exciting to learn that the great German maestro had chosen music by Bruckner, along with Mozart’s 40th Symphony, for his long-awaited debut Thursday with ...

In this Oct. 10, 2001, file photo German conductor Kurt Masur conducts the London Philharmonic orchestra during a rehearsal in the concert hall Gewandhaus in Leipzig, eastern Germany.

As he approaches his 80th birthday this year, Masur looks far from spry. His hands shake as he makes his way gingerly to the podium and, once there, he leads a performance with a minimum of ...

And Masur’s presence here would seem to indicate that whatever reported friction there might have been between Masur and Los Angeles Philharmonic president Deborah Borda when they were with the ...